Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
Brea vs Del
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on security & auth. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
Brea F
Best for An iPhone user who wants an assistant across many apps and websites with per-action approval.
Ahead on
- Security & auth, 7 against 0
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Del F
Best for People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 25 against 15
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 60 against 4
- Transparency & trust, 57 against 48
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Brea | Del | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 15 | 25 | Del +10 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 7 | 0 | Brea +7 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 20 | 30 | Del +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 4 | 60 | Del +56 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 48 | 57 | Del +9 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 12.9/100 | F 20.6/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Brea | Del |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Brea AI LLC | Human Interface, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Brea's terms (Brea AI LLC, last updated 2 July 2026). | Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | ||
| Privacy policy last updated | ||
| Customer content may train models | ||
| Terms restrict automated access | ||
| Terms restrict benchmarking | ||
| Terms or service can change without notice | ||
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |
Verdicts
Brea
Brea is an iMessage assistant with a free plan that needs no card, approval by reply before it sends, deletes or pays, and one-time Link cards for purchases. No outside agent can call it, paid prices sit inside the app, and no changelog or subprocessor list was found.
Del
Del is a hosted texting assistant and task workspace across iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, Discord and Slack, with a near-daily public changelog and a card-free 14-day trial. No outside agent can call it, no status page or security contact was found, and recent updates let some email actions skip approval.
Before you call either
Brea
- Don't plan to call Brea from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage thread.
- Tell the owner that replying ALWAYS stops Brea asking again for that action.
Del
- Don't plan to call Del from another agent. It answers only the owner's messaging threads and web workspace.
- Tell the owner web browsing tasks are limited to five a month on Standard and unlimited on Pro.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Brea or Del?
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on security & auth.
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Disclosure
Brea competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.
Del competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.
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